We Asked 800 Americans about Climate Change—What They Said May Surprise You

The results are in: 70 percent of Americans polled believe that climate change is real. This finding tracks almost exactly with the 2016 Yale Climate Opinion Maps survey, which found that 69 percent of respondents answered “yes, global warming is happening.”

But there’s more to opinions about climate change than its inevitability and what we discovered may shock you. Read on to discover everything from how many Millennials believe climate change will affect their future to how folks prioritize climate change in relation to other global issues.

Q: How likely is it that you are or will be personally affected by climate change?

Our Methodology

This analysis is based on a compilation of 800 completed surveys from Americans 14 and older. Just Energy (JE) asked participants to respond to 10 questions with a variety of answers, from whether they believed in climate change at all and what their understanding is of the subject to who they think is responsible and why.